The Borneo Story: 'Highlanders of the Equator'

The eighth in a series of very hard to find films on Borneo produced by Tom Harrisson and Hugh Gibb and first broadcast on the BBC in the late 1950s.

Filmed and narrated by Barbara and Tom Harrisson and produced for British television. The way of life of the Kelabital highlanders of the tropical rainforests of Borneo is described. Daily activities include stone carving, beadcraft, breadcraft, basketry, carpentry, irrigated agriculture, trapping, fishing, cooking, and salt production.